Is it just me? Or is everyone that flies on a regular basis, getting pretty sick and tired on how the airlines are nickel and diming us to death. I have flown nearly 70,000 miles since January 1st and it seems that nearly every flight I take things are getting more ridiculous.
I feel sorry for the Flight Attendants, once a glorious job they are now being forced by their employers to be candy and snack sales people. I have heard more sales pitches on flights lately that I expect them to start walking the isles with chickens legs and pork rinds for sale. Its truly pathetic what the airline attendants are being forced to endure.
Ohh and don’t even travel with luggage, because if you pack more than you can wear on your body you better get your credit card out and be prepared to pay up not to mention the scales Nazi. I think I will start putting rocks in my bags just to get them to exactly 49.99 pounds.
Meals well forget that, and even if your up in first class most meals just generally suck. When you fly from Hawaii on a regular basis the flights are at a minimum 4 hours long and usually more like 9. But yet most Airlines treat Hawaii flights as if they are domestic.
Little trivia for you, the closest land to Hawaii that is not a island is over a 1000 miles away. In fact Hawaii are the most remote islands in the world, yet we are considered a domestic flight by airlines in the types of services they provide, yet they charge International rates for the flights.
Do you think after I spent $1700.00 for a trip to New Mexico last week that I want to have to find food for the flight, and then have to pay for my bags to be checked. Would it not be easier to charge me $1800.00 for the ticket, where I can check my bags for free, get a meal during the flight and not have to worry about having change to pay for my $3.00 peanuts.
Give me a break. Flying is not glorious, Flying is Hell, and their is nothing we can do about it but scream about the stupidity of the airlines in how the are Nickel and Diming us yet their service goes down the toilet. Cattle Travel better than Airline Passengers at least they get fed.
I don’t care that the Airlines are in trouble, raise your fares to cover your expenses so that I have room in the overhead for my carry on instead of having to deal with some person bringing a “Carry On” the size of a Elephant trunk, and taking up the entire storage area above my seat.
Ohh and did you hear that we are all going to have to start stepping on scales when we get to the airport? Anyone that weighs more than 25 pounds will have to pay a 5 dollars a pound for the right to sit down in ones seat.
I asked a family member, who works for AA as a lead mechanic, if the airlines are making a lot of money at these extras. Flying US Airways a few weeks ago, it pissed me off that I had to pull out my credit card to and from Phoenix to pay for an extra bag.
I asked if the Airlines were making money on this additional charge because the rates they are charging are still high and haven’t changed much and the fact of the matter is that this is additional money that was never accounted for before.
His response was very interesting, don’t quote me on that as I was drinking more than I should have on the Fourth but he through out a number of what it costs to keep a plane in the air per minute and how many gallons of fuel it takes for a plane to take off, I believe 250-300, and these numbers were astonishing.
He also talked about the food on the planes and that no one is buying them because they aren’t good. Half the time the guys in the shop end up eating them. He wasn’t quite sure where the money went from the cash sales on board and was pretty sure that it was money looser.
We continued to talk and he was worried about the state of our airline industry. I let him and the ticket agent that I would have preferred to pay an extra 50 dollars for my ticket instead of shelling it out at the gate.
I know that when I fly I choose Airline first, and then schedule. Price is important but not to the degree that the executives believe. I also think that they need to cut back the number of flights they have. Look at the ones that are not fully booked and save a little money. Do we really need 8 flights a day from Chicago to Los Angeles?
Todd,
Hawaii isn’t the most remote island, or even group of islands, in the world, the Tristan da Cunha islands are.
Facts buddy.